{ thud }
it had been 2 more days since the conversation with general and the amount of Daphs increased a lot, this was the 9th daph of the day that fell down at hands of Krom. But killing them was getting more and more easier for Krom as he was also getting more crystals resulting in faster increase of strength for Krom
"ok it's time to go back"
he put the last crystal in his system space and started walking. In these 2 days he was constantly informing about the situation to the general through the phone, but due to the network range limited he had to travel more just to make the call but that distance was not much tiring for Krom with his increased strength
"so how was it today, did you get any clues ?" the general spoke from the other side
"no sir, i did not get any new clues. it is getting more and more difficult to proceed further into that area, the number of those creatures is much more in that area so I had to proceed very slowly"
Krom lied to general as the reason for not going much further was because Krom was trying to kill as much daphs as possible, he wanted to increase his strength before the final battle.
"it is okay boy, you are already a great help for us. proceed carefully and take as less risk as possible"
"I understand, also sir I wanted to ask about the reinforcements "
"reinforcements are arriving today, after that we will make our attack plan tomorrow and commence the attack on the day after that"
"if that is the case then I will try to get more information before that, I will report directly on the day of battle so please wait for my next report before you make the move" Krom decided to venture further into the opposite territory and get information about the location of prisoners before the attack
"I will hold on as long as possible before your report, so make sure you come back alive to make that report"
" yes sir , I will"
the call was hung and taking a rest he once again headed toward the enemy place, he could not afford to waste a single change of saving his mother, after all the strength he acquired during these days was for the sole purpose of saving his mother
rather than killing the Daphs, this time Krom was proceeding sneakily, he wanted to search without creating the commotion. with the Amount of Daphs present here just the start of battle with attract a lot of them in short period and if that happens Krom won't have time to search around
Krom searched for hours but he could not find a single human being alive anywhere, but after searching some more time he found something else, a red daph.
"what is that, why is that daph helping different colour from others? system do you know something about that?"
[ THAT IS A DAPH WARRIOR, WHEN A DAPH EVOLVE INTO A DAPH GENERAL IT CAN START ASSIGNING DAPHS AS HIS WARRIORS MAKING THEM STRONGER THAN OTHER DAPHS AND ALSO CHANGING THEIR COLOR INTO RED. THESE DAPH WARRIORS ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO THEM. BUT THE BOND IS WEAK AT THE GENERAL LEVEL AND CAN ONLY USE THE BOND TO SENSE THE PRESENCE OF WARRIORS IN A SPECIFIC AREA AROUND THEN]
" so that how it is, a warrior huh! I wonder how strong it is, can I defeat it at my current level? well their leader can sense them so I better not get involved with them or I might get in trouble" Krom did not want to be noticed after coming this far and he had another plan for this warrior
"if what your said is true than their leader should also be somewhere around here, right system"
[ DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL A HIGHER DAPH CAN ONLY SENSE THEIR WARRIORS IN A SPECIFIC AREA, THEY MOSTLY KEEP THEM UNDER THAT AREA TO MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION ]
"good, if their leader is here and according to general, if it is the one responsible for taking humans as prisoners then those human should also be kept somewhere in this area, let's get back to searching"
Krom continued to search the area around the daph warrior for humans while being careful that he does not meet its boss. after following it for around a hours it finally led Krom to the place where the human were imprisoned.
or rather it took Krom to a big hole on the ground which opened into the large drainage lines under the city. Krom waited there to observe the situation and found that other than 3 daph warrior who took turns to guard they place no other daph were present there
before going back to give report to the general Krom wanted to inform the people here about the events that were going to happens the next day so he decide that he will wait here for some more time and to to find a way to do so.
while searching for a way he found that there were two more openings that were opened into the drainage but he could not find a way to sneak past the guards and he also could not afford to directly attack them to make a way
"well if I can't use that then I will make my own way. system do you have a way to help me make a hole long enough to reach the drainage?"
[ THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN SYSTEM TO DO THAT BUT THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR HOST RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE TO USE THE DRILL HAND ]
"drill hand, what is that?"
[ IT IS A GAUNTLET ITEM AVAILABLE IN THE SYSTEM'S SHOP, ITS PRICE IS ALSO WITHING HOST REACH ]
" ok tell me the price then"
[ IT COSTS 15 DAPH CRYSTALS ]
"hmmm I have 9 from earlier so I need 6 more. ok let's get to work I do not have much time left"
it took Krom 2 more hours to kill 6 more daphs and exchange them for drill hand and now he was standing in a place outside the patrolling area of daph warriors at a location where there was drainage line directly under him
"ok let's get started"
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